High vapor expansion turbine



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t ii ion vsi oit liJXPAN SIObI Q 7 Homer M. Barber, Reno, Nev.

Application February 3, 1933, Serial No. 655,123 1 Claim. (Cl. 122-41) This invention relates to improvements in 1 form a housing for a rotor 9. These plates have power apparatus and has particular reference to exhaust openings I I, the purpose of which is oba device for creating and using superheated steam. vious. Mounted upon the plates 8 and supported The principal object of this invention is to thereby, is a generator l2 having a nozzle [3 produce a device wherein the losses incident to formed therethrough, which nozzle is adapted to 5 ordinary reciprocating steam engines will be m'adirect a jet of steamagainst the blades 14 of the terially reduced. rotor 9. This generator l2 has an expansion A further object is to produce a power plant chamber l6. In order to close this chamber I which is exceedingly compact and efficient in provide a cap I! which is heldto the nerator 10 operation. by bolts I8. A flange 19 serves to effecta seal 10 A further object is to produce a power plant between the cap a ne ator. wherein various load requirements may be han- We ded to the generator is a plur y of heatdled without the employment of the customary Chambers Each of these a in C amgear changing which is found in many types of hers is pr v with a burner inlet 22, the P11 15 transmissions pose of which will be later seen. Water feed 15 A still further object is to produce a device p pes a e Shown at 23 and it will be noted that h h is economical t manufacture these said pipes terminate in restricted openings Other objects and advantages will be apparent se a y fi e St eam of Water Will be during the course of the following description. projected against e ro ded Surface of balls 20. 0 In the accompanying drawings forming a part The generator and cap is preferably enclosed in of this specification and in which like numerals a protective Covering 25 of heat insulating are employed to designate like parts throughout telial Such s Volcanic and a Shell the same, The operation of my device is as follows:-

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my engine as the Assuming that the device is ns ucted as 5 same would appear in use. shown in Figs. 1 and 2, we will assume that the 25 Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view on the line 2-2 fuel P p in 1 Conduct fuel to burners p of Fig. 1, erably employing butane gas, which burners, when Fig.- 3 is a plan view of the top plate w th th ignited, discharge their products of combustion burners removed, into the chambers 2|. These chambers are heat- Fig. 4 is a fragmentary cross sectional view ed to a high heat after which water is forced 30 showing the steam nozzle, through the pipes 23 and jets 24 against the Fi 51 a, b tt m view of th cap, d howing balls 2|], and as a result this water contacting the heating chambers welded thereto, and the surface of the balls forms a mist which will Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view of the rotor showbe expended y the heat of the heating Chem- 5 mg several of the blades in cross section, bers and will become super-heated steam. This It i my purpose in creating this engine t steam now under high pressure will seek to esploy a super-heated steam which is derived by p and as the y means of escape is through injecting a small quantity of Water against an the nozzle l3, the same will be directed against extremely hot surface, whereby this water i inthe blades H of the rotor 9. It is obvious that stantly turned into steam, which steam is further with this high pressure of Steam impinging p 40 superheated and expanded under high pressure, the rotor, the same will be revolved thus deliv- Thi expanded steam then i sue directly through ering power to the shaft 5. If desired the steam a nozzle against the blades of a rotor, which rotor which will be exhausted fro the o r ay b is keyed to a shaft from'which shaft power may condensed, returned to a small tank and will then be derived. The exhausted steam may be conbe nv y y a p mp, through the y m 45 densed if desired and returned to a small capacity in whi h ca Wh l n i second y l the wat r tank from which it would be pumped back into th in the tank will have been raised in temperature generating chamber to again be recirculated to a considerable de e a d as a result the through the system. generating process will be much accelerated.

In the accompanying drawings wherein for the I have u d m p i s nd t d. 50 purpose of illustration is shown a preferred emthat this engine Will Operate under a Dreseure bodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 desigof 2000 pounds to the square inch and deliver nates a shaft mounted in bearings 6 which are a Speed Of v por a the periphery of the eel carried upon a support 1. Side plates 8 spaced at 5000 feet per s e With this ype Of enupon the shaft 6 and connected to the supports gine I have eliminated the customary boiler and 55 small tubes which are liable to burst under such heavy pressure, and am only employing heavy castings which may be easily designed to withstand high pressures and excessive heat for long periods of time without deterioration.

It will thus be seen that I have produced a device which will accomplish all the objects above set forth.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:-

In a high pressure generator, a heating chamber, a plurality of heating elements extending into said heating chamber, said elements being spaced one from the other, the outer surfaces of said heating elements being in close proximity to the surface of said heating chamber, each of said heating elements having a recess formed therein, the recesses of the adjacent heating elements being opposed to each other, a ball positioned between said heating elements and Within said recesses, means for injecting fine jets of water against said balls, and an outlet port communicating with said heating chamber.

HOMER M. BARBER. 

